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Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of Saltés Island (Tinto and Odiel estuary, SW Spain) during the Roman period (1st century BC–5th century AD)

2018; Springer International Publishing; Volume: 45; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s41513-018-0089-8

1887-0082

María Luz González-Regalado Montero, Paula Gómez, Francisco Ruiz Muñoz, Luís Miguel Cáceres Puro, María J. Clemente, Joaquı́n Rodrı́guez Vidal, António Toscano, Guadalupe Monge, Manuel Abad, Tatiana Izquierdo, António M. Monge Soares, Juan Manuel Campos Carrasco, Javier Bermejo Meléndez, A. Martı́nez-Aguirre, Gloria I. López,

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

A multidisciplinary analysis of Holocene sediments from Saltés Island (Tinto-Odiel estuary, SW Spain) has allowed to differentiate eigth sedimentary facies, according to their textural characteristics, internal structure, paleontology and archaeological content. Its interpretation and the chronological datings carried out reconstruct a transition from a sandy tidal plain to a final occupation by a Roman salting (cetaria) between the 1st century BC to 5th century A. This evolution includes the deposit of washover fans derived from high-energy events between the 1st century BC to 3th century AD. The integration of these new data with others from previous research has allowed partially complete the palaeoenviromental reconstruction of the marine domain of the Tinto-Odiel estuary.